Quiche Lorraine

In act 3.1 Faustus begins to fall in the eyes of the audience, becoming more of a comedy figure than the ambitious character we first met. He also seems less in control than he used to be - When Faustus and Mephs go to see the Pope, we receive hints that Mephistopheles is sneakily making Faustus do what he wants him to do. We notice this in the more commanding and persuasive nature of his speech: "Nay Faustus, stay", "We'll be bold", etc.

When Faustus turns invisible with his magic invisibility cloak borrowed from HP, he starts playing tricks on the Pope like stealing his cup and having some witty banter with him, before hitting him in the ear. At the end of this hilarious scene, when the Pope has left the friars come back and start chanting Maledicat dominus and cursing Faustus. Faustus and Mephs attack the friars with fireworks and win, but the scene still ends on a slightly foreboding note, with Faustus cursed 5 times over.

I think the purpose of this scene was to emphasize that although Faustus was promised loads of amazing things when he signed up to Hell, he not only hasn't achieved any of them but also doesn't seem to care, and is happy to just play childish tricks on people with Mephistopheles. this shows how Faustus has changed into a less intelligent and more immature character.

In the scene after, Mephistopheles turns Robin and Vinter into animals for lols. They're really happy about it so its quite a nice scene. We also learn from the scene that Faustus has somehow lost his magic book (because Robin has it) that he was so obsessed with at the start of the play. this again emphasizes Faustus' loss of ambition and intelligence, as he hasn't even mentioned that he's lost the book, proving that he doesn't care about it any more.